Germany, Cologne (?)
c. 1460-1470
Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain
78.7 x 59.7 (31 x 23 1/2)
Shatter cracks in head of Virgin, some replacements at top of panel
Provenance: Sir William Jerningham, Costessey Hall, Norfolk, England; Grosvenor Thomas, London; George D. Pratt, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Bibliography: Thomas and Drake (1920), no. 39 and pl. 6; MMAB (1971-1972), 128-129; Elizabeth von Witzleben, “Kölner Bibelfenster des 15. Jahrhund erts in Schottland, England und Amerika,” Aachener Kunstbliitter, 43 (1972), 234-235, fig. 9; Medieval Images: A Glimpse into the Symbolism and Reality of the Middle Ages [exh. cat., The Katonah Gallery] (Katonah, N.Y., 1978), no. 48.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 41.170.100 (Medieval Department)
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